Christmas Charms

At our local stamp club annual party, we made holiday charms using microsope glass slides wrapping the glass with metal tape. Some of the gals created some beautiful charms, but mine left a lot to be desired. Thus, I came home, took mine apart and while looking for trinkets to redo the charm, I ran across these frames that I purchased a while back. They are much easier than wrapping with narrow tape. I made these three for friends I'm getting together with tomorrow night to celebrate the holiday with a "gals night out."

I'VE BEEN TAGGED

I've been tagged by Gayle Page-Robak and in turn have tagged seven others listed below:

Here are the simple rules for those tagged:

1. Link to your tagger and post these rules.
2. Share 7 facts about yourself: some random, some weird.
3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post and list their names (linking to them).
4. Let them know they've been tagged by leaving a comment on their blogs or send them an e-mail.

Here are my random facts:

1) I cannot resist sweets, candy and especially chocolate. If it is in the house, I will eat until it is gone, and I can find a well hidden stash. Just ask my family.

2) I am of English decent and have never been to England.

3) I lived in Germany as a young bride.

4) Survivor is one of my favorite reality shows. The current sequence was filmed in China and being a lover of oriental, I've been glued to the TV screen to enjoy the episodes and to capture the scenery.

5) I am the poor middle child with an older sister and younger brother.

6) I made my first scrapbook as a teenager over 50 years ago and I still have it. No archival products back then so the pages are literally falling apart.

7) I cannot figure out the *#.*%*# TV remote control and yet have no problem with my computer. GO FIGURE!

I have tagged the following:

Brenda Marks www.brown-blue@yahoo.com
Brenda Moore www.novashingstar@yahoo.com
Char Maguire www.charsown@earthling.net
Daylene Strickland www.rndstrick@qconline.com
France Chevalier www.france@iinet.net.au
Heather Taylor www.hlmtaylor@gmail.com
Julie Kosolofski www.juliekosokuo@yahoo.com

Altered Bottles

For the past several weeks, I have been altering some odd shaped bottles that I had stashed away thinking some day they would come in handy.

I plan to fill the bottles with holiday treats and nuts.

My inspiration and label source came from Lisa Vollrath, Ten Two Studios.

Pink Christmas Cactus

As we get closer to Christmas, my pink plant will be covered with blooms and the white variety will have dropped all of its flowers.

To capture this photo, I placed my digital camera on the floor and shot upwards as the blooms hang down. I plan to make some cards using this shot.